Early comic panel illustration

England

Clean-up crews salvaging what they can from the ruins of buildings in Hornsey, a north London suburb, 1944. (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Hitler's secret weapon. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

In 1830 a keeper at the Tower of London menagerie accidentally removed the barrier between a lion and two tigers. The animals were eventually prised apart, by which point the lion had been fatally wounded. (Photo by Guildhall Library & Art Gallery/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Life with the lions: the Tower of London menagerie. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The LibraryThe Duke of Wellington and Alfred the Great. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Prince Charles Edward Stuart (better known as Bonnie Prince Charlie), the grandson of James II and VII. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The LibraryWhere history happened: The Jacobites. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Lyveden New Bield, Northamptonshire

Dover War Tunnels

St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury

News for the BBC's Domesday Project and the future of the National Archives. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 17th chart or map shows reefs and hazards to ships.

The notorious Captain Kidd

The A to Z of royal weddings with Tracy Borman. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

5 of the worst smells in medieval London

Westminster Abbey, London

Mystery and drama with the Romans and the Elizabethans. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Geevor Tin Mine, Cornwall

The ruined site of Clonmacnoise in County Offaly, Ireland. (Getty Images)

Where history happened: the Wars of the Three Kingdoms part 2. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A painting from a new exhibition at the V&A Museum in London. 'The Cult of Beauty' explores the 19th-century artistic movement of Aestheticism.

The cult of beauty

The fine rolls of King Henry III. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A historical image from the iron and steel industry in Teeside

Industrial revolution

175 years of iron and steel

8 reasons to visit historic Chelsea

England and Wales: best of enemies?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Kettle's Yard, Cambridge

Ruby Sparks: the smash-and-grab gangster. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

John Leland: The man who saved medieval knowledge. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A pregnant woman receives a piece of beef

"A taste for husbands' buttocks": the bizarre history of pregnancy cravings. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

England in miniature. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Visit historic Lichfield

King John and the French invasion of England

Where history happened: Dunkirk. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Charles Théveneau de Morande: an 18th-century French spy in London. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Charles II wearing the robes of the Order of the Garter. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Charles II: the people’s prince. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.